State auditors have found several problems in Liberty Township’s accounts and say there were enough problems to raise “substantial doubt” about the township’s “ability to continue as a going concern. Township officials say the problems are the result of severe cuts in state tax revenue, elimination of estate taxes and a reduction in the property tax base.

A monthly water bill is nothing new. A water bill in the thousands of dollars – well, “it’s growing pains,” according Jerry Lambert, the director of public services for Girard. Those “pains” were attributed to a software problem in the changeover from manual-read water meters to automatic readers.

Residents at International Towers have been told by the building’s management to sign a contract that some believe will make them financially liable for future bedbug infestations — or their apartment will not be treated by exterminators.